by Olivia Chavassieu | May 23, 2023 | Press
New York, May 23rd, 2023 Big Idea Ventures, the world’s most active food-tech investor, has made a first close for its New Protein Fund II (NPF II) based on the performance of New Protein Fund I (NPF I). With their second alternative protein fund, New Protein Fund II,...
by Olivia Chavassieu | May 19, 2023 | Press
UC Davis Provides Farmers with New Technologies and Tools in Response to Climate Change On a warm February afternoon, Kirk Pumphrey walks down his rows of almond trees at Westwind Farms in Yolo County. He notices the buds on the branches have already sprouted pink. It...
by Olivia Chavassieu | May 19, 2023 | Press
CORVALLIS, Ore. – In 2011 Jim Myers did something no one had done before. The Oregon State University vegetable breeder released the first purple tomato containing the same healthy compound found in blueberries. The Indigo Rose tomato, which took Myers, a professor in...
by Olivia Chavassieu | May 19, 2023 | Press
The Food category of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards recognizes products or services that change what we eat, how we eat, or how we get our food. FINALISTS All-electric commercial kitchen, Microsoft Animal-free cheese, New Culture Beyond Steak, Beyond Meat...
by Olivia Chavassieu | Apr 28, 2023 | Press
卵価格高騰で代替品に脚光、供給不足長期化の様相も選択肢は少なく By: Bloomberg Japan 卵価格の高騰が続き食品関連企業が対応に追われる中、代替品を手がける一部の企業が脚光を浴びている。卵不足が長期化する様相である一方、価格競争力の観点から現実的な代替品の選択肢が限られるからだ。 卵風味のパウダーなどを手掛けるUMAMI...
by Olivia Chavassieu | Apr 28, 2023 | Press
Plant-based and clean label: China’s Haofood targets the increasingly label-sensitive consumer with latest NPD By: Food Navigator Asia Chinese firm Haofood says that the convergence of right ingredients with its proprietary tech was key to creating its first...